Example sentences of "they [vb past] nothing at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They knew nothing at the bookshop , sir ; his sister , Sara , seemed very upset ; she would n't believe that he was n't at home . |
| 2 | ‘ And they said nothing at all ? ’ |
| 3 | Apart from the wad of Reichsmarks that Joyce had acquired at the bureau de change , they had nothing at all . |
| 4 | And when the families were no more , they had nothing at all to show for their efforts . |
| 5 | ‘ But even though they had nothing at the ports , if you offered one of them a bar of chocolate or a pack of cigarettes they would turn it down and tell you to send it to the Front . ’ |